This tool is a school management and ERP solution for learners, exam administration, and performance analysis. It allows educators to monitor and report the performance of kids in K-12 classes. It helps educators become more efficient and identify at-risk learners by providing brief, concise, comprehensive learner data at any point.

Website: https://app.aimswebplus.com/

What Users Love About the App

“The aspect I like most about Aimsweb is that it gives teachers data about the proficiency of their students in both math and reading. It is done one–on–one, and teachers can count on true representation of students’ skills in certain areas.”

“Using the same passages at the beginning and end of the year effectively demonstrates progress. The leveled passages have appropriate vocabulary with each grade level. The passages for the upper elementary students are formatted appropriately for their reading level. The phonics assessments for K and 1 are effective tools for evaluating phonetic progress.”

“AimswebPlus gives you date, and the national norms are there. This makes it easy to make arms-length decisions. It also streamlines the RTI and SLD referral process. AimswebPlus also makes progress monitoring and assessing easier and less time consuming.”

“The ability to have a uniform assessment for both benchmarking and progress monitoring is essential. Specifically, during this digital age, it’s critical to have a platform that can be used both remotely and in person.”

“The assessment is fast, easy for the students and very helpful for teachers. It is especially helpful to teachers who listen to students who naturally speak Spanish. It assesses their letter and word pronunciation and helps teachers focus on specific lessons and instructions to help improve their progress.”

What Users Dislike About the App

“As I say in my review, when we assess students through computer interfaces, we lose something. We lose the ‘why’ behind their decisions, we lose seeing how they approach a complex task such as decoding or other strategies they might use when they come to a tricky word. The computer interface also has an impact on student motivation and performance. Kids are on screens all day. They are bored with yet more screens, especially when they are not as stimulating as what they have come to expect. However, a teacher or reading specialist taking the time to interact with them 1:1 is a change of pace, grabs their interest, and can be a more powerful tool for assessment.”

“When taking the SRF, I don’t like it when students get a N/A score when they don’t score high enough to get a score. The Test Nav benchmark assessments are too long. Many struggling readers get frustrated by the length and just click away to get the test done.”

“Creating classes and viewing students across multiple classes was a bit difficult and could be streamlined better. The platform could also use more features to create customizable reports for individual students.”

“The reading passages that are on one page for the lower elementary students are too difficult. If the reading passages were formatted like easy reader books with pages to turn or at least broken down in sections on one page, they would better replicate the reading formats in which the young students are learning. Also, the passages do not contain any pictures. Early readers are taught to use pictures to aid in comprehension. Taking time out from instruction to administer the Aimsweb assessments was difficult because the students needed every minute of instruction they could get.”

“The only struggle with Aimsweb assessments is that it is a rather lengthy process. It can take a teacher 20-30 minutes to assess one student in literacy and numeracy successfully.”